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When it comes to supply chain management, it isn’t just about moving boxes anymore, said Ed Raeke, director of materials management at Massachusetts General Hospital. Spending trends in 2012 will move toward reducing operating expenses for hospitals by effectively using the analytics and tools offered by GPOs.
A panel of ICD-10 experts spoke recently at a conference co-hosted by the New England Health Information and Management Systems Society and Maine Healthcare Financial Management Association in South Portland, Maine, giving advice about the five ‘gotchas’ that can wreak havoc on the best-laid plans for implementing the new coding system.
Hospitals are beginning to advocate for green practices, but it doesn’t just happen without a business plan. Providers need to put policies and procedures in place that keep physicians and employees mindful of the environment and that make green activities easier and more consistent.
Roy Snell, CEO of the Heath Care Compliance Association and the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics spoke recently with Healthcare Finance News Editor René Letourneau about compliance trends in 2012.
With government fraud investigations and federal whistleblower cases on the rise, healthcare providers will step up their compliance efforts in 2012 to avoid being the target of scrutiny.
An amicus brief filed with the United States Supreme Court by America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association contends that certain market reforms contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are directly linked and must also be severed from the law if the justices find the individual insurance mandate unconstitutional.
Jeff Rideout, Chief Medical Officer, TriZetto Group, spoke recently with Healthcare Finance News Senior Editor Chris Anderson about how data will play a part in redesigning the healthcare landscape and the readiness of both payers and providers to collaborate on these changes.
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in early January struck down a state law in effect since 2009 that barred some legal immigrants residing in the state from receiving subsidized health insurance coverage.
As healthcare reform pushes the industry toward accountable care organization models and payment reform, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is hoping to offer its members a tool that will allow them to bring in revenue and improve the health of their patients.
As reimbursement rates have declined and more employers are offering their employees high-deductible health plans, doctors’ offices are more dependent on often less reliable payment directly from patients. In 2012, strategies for handling billing those patients will be a focus of doctors’ offices experts say.